90 i RIGHTS OF THE VULNERABLE Information available to it indicates that a variety of measures are being planned to implement policies such as job reservations, reservations in admission to various educational institutions, conveyance allowances, petrol subsidy, assistance for purchasing aids, loans for employment, special reservations in the allotment of government quarters, shops etc. by the State Governments. The Commission has recommended, however, that the facilities and procedures for providing and giving effect to such measures should be standardised and streamlined for the proper implementation of the new Act. 8.34 The Commission has, already, reviewed the working of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 and suggested a number of amendments to this legislation, which have been detailed in its annual report for 2000-2001. 8.35 The Commission has also addressed a number of individual complaints from NGOs and others engaged in assisting persons with disabilities. These related to harassment, intolerance, discrimination at the work place and elsewhere. Inparticular, it took up the case of C.K. Anka Toppo, a medical student who lost his eyesight in the final year of the MBBS Course and was originally denied permission to complete this course. The details of this case may be seen at pages 272 to 274. The examining body was persuaded by the Commission to amend the examination procedure to enable him to appear at the final examination. He has since passed that examination. Steps are also in progress for further action to suitably amend the curriculum and examination procedure for visually impaired persons so as to enable them to take the medical course and become doctors in the disciplines suitable for them. 8.36 Concerned about the issue of wide prevalence of iron and iodine deficiency related health problems, which result in a large number of children in the country being bom with mental disabilities, the Commission has worked closely with the concemed Ministries and Departments, UNICEF and with other experts in this regard. As indicated elsewhere in this report, comprehensive recommendations have been niade by the Commission to the Government on maternal anaemia related health problems leading to birth of under-weight and disabled children. 8.37 The Commission successfully championed the need to enumerate the disabled in Census 2001; this was agreed upon. However, the Commission is of the opinion that much still remains to be done to remove societal neglect of the disabled, and to provide them access to the facilities and services to which they have a right. NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION